Disabled Homesteader

[ItsJustBriar]

I turn 30 this December. I’m a stay at home mom to 3 kids. I was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease when I was 11. I have very bad balance and walking is difficult and causes pain, working is out of the question. To help with the financial strain of 3 kids and a wife on one income and no government assistance, I started hatching and raising chickens, breeding rabbits, and gardening in raised beds. We have muscadine vines, blueberry bushes, thornless blackberries, a plum tree, a peach tree, and a grafted 5-in1 apple tree. My raised beds were filled halfway with branches I cleaned out of the fence row, leaves, and the bedding from my neighbors chicken coop. I top up with rabbit poop when I have enough collected.

 

[ItsJustBriar]

 

[ItsJustBriar]

 

[Lyndiejean]

Hi Briar, Welcome. What a beautiful smile you have. Well done with your income raising adventures. What country do you live in? Cheers Lyndie

 

[ItsJustBriar]

Hi Briar, Welcome. What a beautiful smile you have. Well done with your income raising adventures. What country do you live in? Cheers Lyndie

I’m in the United States. I’m in the state of Mississippi, growing zone 8b!

 

[Grandmother Goose]

Welcome to the forum. Raised beds are such a blessing aren't they! And nothing is more calming than holding a fluffy little baby poultry of any kind. My personal favourites are baby ducks and geese, but chickens are adorable as well, though baby quail take being a cute tiny ball of fluff to a whole new level.

 

[Mandy Onderwater]

Welcome to the forum @ItsJustBriar !
Gosh I always loved hatching and raising chicks. We raised them to be egg-laying pets, very tame.